That must have been some Hollywood dinner party. Note that Ginsberg has capitalized “Agents,” leading us to wonder whether he’s referring to talent agency reps or nameless functionaries of a shadow government.

The other “complete successful failures,” whose identities, at this point, remain a mystery, I suspect were equally stellar complete successful failures.

This is one of the most dramatic book inscriptions I’ve ever come across, simply because I don’t think Ginsberg was capable of writing a sentence without poetry. It just flowed from his pen as if the ink was infused with holy water.

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This copy of Ginsberg’s Collected Poems 1947-1980 is being offered by Benjamin Spademan, who is asking £5,000 ($7,400).____________________